Button-fastening machine



(No Model.) A. HALL.

BUTTON FASTBNING MACHINE. No. 286,921. Patented Oct. 16, 1883.

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3o part or disk of the handle.

on which the foot is placed.

of the hammer-block D is tapered, as shown.y

4o the button-shell J iits closely.

j UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT HALL, or 1ovrRRss HILL, New YORK.

BuTToN-FAsTENINe MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,921, dated October 16, 1883.

Application filed March 13, 1883. (No uiodclJ' To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ALBERT HALL, of Gy press Hill, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have inventeda new and Im-` 5 proved ButtouFastening Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved machine for fastening but- Io tons to garments and other articles.

zo sectional elevation through the hammer and anvil. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the anvil.

In two jaws, A, of a base-plate, B, the end of the handle@ of a hammer, D, is-pivoted, which pivoted end is made rounded or circu- To the rounded part of the handle two cords or chains, E E, are fastened at 4opposite sides of the lower end of the straight part of the handle, so that the cords can rest against opposite edges of the rounded The lower ends of the cords E E" are attached to a pivoted footlever, F, at opposite sides of the pivot, which foot-lever has a weight, G, secured on the inner end-that is, on the end opposite the one rlhe lower end On the front part of the base B an anvil, H, is fastened, which is provided on its bottom with a die, I, onwhich the upper surface of i The anvil His provided with a recess, K, for receiving half of the button-shell, and the top ofthe front part of the anvil is provided -with a recess, L, for introducing the button into the recess K,

the inner end ofthe recess Lbeing rounded in such a manner that the neck of the button can iit closely against it. Between two jaws, M, on the base B a plate, N, is pivoted to swing upward, and to the said plate two jaws, O, are

5o pivoted to swing laterally, which jaws are pressed or drawn together by a spring, P, fastened to the same, and which jaws are provided at the outer ends with heads Q, each of which is provided in the inner' edge with a semiconical recess, R. A projection, S, extends upward from theplate N between the jaws O. A lever, T, is pivoted on one j aw A, and its short end rests against a stud, a, proj ecting from the disk or rounded end of the pivoted end of thehaimner-handle. The projection S serves to hold the jaws in proper position when closed.

The operation is as follows: Ordinarily the weight G holds the inner end of the foot-lever F lowered and the hammer raised, as shown in Fig. l.. and held together by the springs P. lf a button is to be fastened to a piece of cloth, leather, orfany other suitable article, U,`the jaws O are swung upward, and the button .l is placed The heads Q, of the jaws O are pressed" on the anvil H with the middle of its head n resting on the die I and the neck projecting upward. The article U is placed on the button and under the heads ofthe lowered jaws O, and the tack or rivet NV, having its stem tapered and slightly curved, is placed, point downward, in the cavity formed by the two recesses R in the heads Q, and will be held loosely in the same, and the point of the stem j middle part of the inner surface of the buttonhead, and is doubled over or clinched, as shown in Fig. 4, whereby it will be securely fastened to the button, which is thus fastened to the article. The beveled part of the hammer separates the heads Q while driving the tack or rivet downward. As soon as the footlever is released the weight G will throw the hammer upward. The hammer D can also be thrown down by depressing the long end of the lever T. In place of using the weight G for throwing up the hammer automatically, a spring can be applied for the same purpose. If desired, the plate N can be pivoted on the saine pivot with'the hammer.

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2 Ell Having thus described my invention, what I 3. In a button-fustening4 machine, the comclaim as new, und desire to secure by Letters `binution, with the anvil H, of the jaws O, the Patent, ispivoted hammer D, the cords E E', the lever 15 l. In a button-fastening machine, the oom F, and the Weight G, substantially as herein 5 binution, with the anvil I-I, for receiving` the shown und described, und for the purpose set button7 of the jaws O, the spring P, und the set forth. hammer D, substantially as herein shoivn und described, und for the purpose set forth.

2. In a, button-fastening,` machine, the anvil 1o H, constructed with u die, I, und recesses K and L, substantially us herein shown und described, and for the purpose set forth.

ALBERT HALL.

XVitnesses:

OscAR F. GUNZ, C. SEDGWICK. 

